holophrase
noun[C]
linguisticsspecializeduk/ˈhɒl.ə.freɪz/us/ˈhɑː.lə.freɪz/asingleword thatexpressesacomplexidea, usedmainlybyyoungchildrenwhen they arelearningtotalk:
表句词，单词句（尤指幼儿学说话时用单个的词来表达复杂的思想）A holophrasetakestheplaceof what would be afullsentencein anolderperson'sspeech.老人说话的时候，出现了由单个词代替完整句子的情况。
Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- allophony
- anaphor
- anaphora
- chatty
- colloquial
- distributive
- double entendre
- downtoner
- emphatic
- entailment
- etymological
- flowery
- oxymoron
- philological
- polysemy
- portmanteau word
- prescriptivism
- prescriptivist